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the Crook County list June 21, 1890, with Elijah McClenahan first postmaster. The office was a little to the north of Haystack Butte and was named for that mountain. This happened before Jefferson County was formed. Haystack office was finally closed out to Culver February 28, 1907. Culver post office had been established in 1900, only a little distance away, but apparently in a more strategic location. There was not enough business to support two offices.

HAYSTACK BUTTE, Jefferson County. Haystack Butte bears a descriptive name, due to its shape. It has been so known for many years, and the territory near its base is known as Haystack country. The butte lies east of Juniper Butte, and The Dalles-California Highway passes through a saddle between them.

HAYSTACK CREEK, Wheeler County. Haystack Creek is not far from Spray. W. F. White, in a letter on the editorial page of the Oregonian, November 8, 1927, says this stream was named for a mound in a field at the Fleming and Wagner ranch. This mound resembled a haystack, both in size and form. Stories to the effect that the stream was named because it washed away a haystack do not seem to be substantiated.

HAYSTACK ROCK, Clatsop County. Haystack Rock is a prominent monolith on Cannon Beach which has done far more than its share to advertise Oregon. It is 235 feet high and for many years it has been a popular and favorite landmark on the Oregon coast. It very much resembles a haystack, hence its name. The compiler has no idea when it was named or whoʻnamed it.

HAYSTACK Rock, Tillamook County. About a mile southwest of Cape Kiwanda is a very prominent pinnacle known as Haystack Rock. It has an elevation of 327 feet and is considerably higher than the Haystack Rock on Cannon Beach. It bears a descriptive name. Davidson, in the Coast Piloi, 1889, says that Cape Kiwanda was once called Haystack Point because of its proximity to Haystack Rock.

HAYSTACK Rock, Wallowa County. Haystack Rock is a prominent point in township 4 north, range 45 east. It was named because of its resemblance to a haystack.

HAYWARD, Washington County. The locality called Hayward is in sections 19 and 20 of township 2 north, range 4 west. It is northeast of Gales Creek and northwest of the Thatcher district. In the summer of 1948 Paul L. Patterson of Hillsboro was able to gather some interesting information about the name of this place. The story came from Nicklaus Bothman who homesteaded at what is now Hayward. There were several settlers and they got their mail at Greenville which was very inconvenient. An appeal was made to Binger Hermann, then representative in Congress from Oregon. Mr. Hermann was able to get the post office established and apparently suggested the name Hayward. It is said that Mr. Hermann called attention to the fact that there was a place called Hayward in almost every state of the Union and Oregon should have one too. The difficulty about this story is that there do not seem to have been many places called Hayward but that difficulty is not an objection to the theory that Mr. Hermann named the place. Mr. Bothman was willing to accept Mr. Hermann's suggestion, concluding that it would be better than to try to dig up a better name. A school district was formed and that was also named Hayward and later Mr. Bothman applied the name to the Hayward Cemetery where his little son was